Please, for the love of God, just stop giving him attention

[disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world]

We can’t afford it. Your nation provides 90% of the electricity we consume and 60% of the crude oil we refine. We need your partnership more than he’ll ever admit, especially now that our grid is regionally strained by AI and EV adoption.

[jadensmith@sh.itjust.works]

I just wish social media wasn't focused on so much, when it comes to politicians and other high figures.

They should be posting statements of value on official websites and the like, yet instead a blimmin' tweet is the highlight of discussion time and time again. Why should I care? I'm not here to be friends with them.

[tachyontele@lemm.ee]

I agree. But that's not what the press is reporting on, is it?

[bradinutah@thelemmy.club]

It's the sane washing that needs to go. Stop normalizing the bad behavior of malignant narcissism and criminality.

[grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works]

I’m glad someone else realized this too.

I realized something, ever since 2016 we have been trained by the media to constantly be outrage over words that may never become actions.

So now I only care if an action is made. All this “news” about trolls trolling the world is just a big nothing burger that you don’t need to know unless you actually work in politics.

I would go as far as to say it should become a rule on some news subs that a controversial figure saying something controversial is not news.

[nabdad@lemmy.world]

The media should certainly respond to Trump's bullshit, but the response should be to ignore it and keep asking what his plans are to reduce prices, end inflation, and all the other impossible, contradictory promises he made to get the morons in this country to vote for him.

[zomg@lemmy.world]

Fucking yes, stop making "were going to name it gulf of America", "make Canada the 51st state", "Texas is going to succeed from the US" big news.

These are either distractions, attempts to control new cycles, political tools, or attempts to energize voter bases.

TX succeeding is one of the oldest. Texas succeeding would all but nearly ensure the US never sees the US electing another Republican president. It's be political suicide. They'd lose dozens of electoral college votes, Congress people and more.

[redstonevalley@sh.itjust.works]

I don't think my disinterest in most of the things that fall out of Trumps mouthhole is a sign of denial. Most of these are outright lies, baseless accusations, exaggerations, narcissism, and pure hatred. I'm not obliged to let this affect my life. I'm also an EU citizen and as such I have a natural distance to US politics. (I know that the orange turd's actions have grave consequences for EU citizens too, to be clear, and this is something I can't ignore)

[styxem@sh.itjust.works]

Your nation provides 90% of the electricity we consume

That is completely false. In 2023 the US generated 4257 TWh compared to Canada's 615 TWh. The US only had a net import of 19 TWh

Source https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world

[5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I know that the orange turd's actions have grave consequences for EU citizens too, to be clear, and this is something I can't ignore

Our societies should in ernest gather the will to increase the distance to US politics. Plenty of countries have bad developments, but they don't affect us so substantially like US politics do.

[trickdacy@lemmy.world]

I completely agree but it's a little hard for me to know exactly where to draw the line though. It's less hard for assholes profiting from his bile. They can print everything he says (and print money from that) and also stand on the flimsy argument that everything he says is newsworthy.

[lodespawn@aussie.zone]

I think the word you are looking for is secede. But also you are right Texas will never succeed.

[kn0wmad1c@programming.dev]

The problem is his friends own a lot of the media

[disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world]

You’re right. The source I used was from 2022, and we imported less than half that in 2024.

Regardless, we need them more than Trump will admit.

[datavoid@lemmy.ml]

Who, Elon?

[mr_blott@feddit.uk]

Post a pic of a pleading cat on a UK community with the title "Please can I have some food"

Some yank immediately - "Yah this is what happens when you vote republican"

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST SHUT UP FOR FIVE FUCKIN MINUTES

[cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win]

My kingdom for ublock filter lines to remove posts with titles including "Trump" or "Musk"

[stinky@redlemmy.com]

I agree with this take.

[tetsuo@jlai.lu]

Is the concept of invasion not clear?

You don't have to ask once you invaded.

Sure this is an unlikely scenario but saying Donald can't afford to lose a partnership by invading an allied country is not understanding the problem.

[andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works]

For me the ideal option on another topic was to hide or unsubscribe from all relevant channels after finding the one that does frequent summaries I can read from time to time. If Trump\Elon drama could've been reduced to one weekly summary with added context and factcheking that would probably erase the need to follow these news articles completely.